Brazil Creek Pit

Past Producer in Valley county in Montana, United States with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148830
MAS/MILS ID 0301050003
Record type Site
Current site name Brazil Creek Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.71742, 48.19714 (WGS84)
Elevation 642

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glasgow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glasgow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glasgow(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Milk(hydrologic unit)

Milk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Milk(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 028 N 039 E 08 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.71742, 48.19714

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Federal Bentonite Co.
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brazil Creek Bentonite Co.
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM&G BULL 100, 1976, P.31.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 107, PG. 28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.